Hyksos

[ hik-sohs, -sos ]

noun

a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.

Origin of Hyksos

1595–1605; <Greek Hyksṓs, perhaps <Egyptian ḥg(ʾ) ruler + h̬ʾst foreign land

Words Nearby Hyksos

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How to use Hyksos in a sentence

The cowroids, with a rope border on the back, are of the Hyksos period.
Scarabs | Isaac Myer
This is the curious change that passed over the tenure of land in Egypt during the period of Hyksos rule.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald Sayce
They are known as the Hyksos or Shepherds, and the greater part of them were of Semitic descent.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald Sayce
The conquered people took their conquerors captive, and the Hyksos kings became veritable Pharaohs.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald Sayce
One of the few Egyptian treatises on mathematics that have come down to us is dedicated to a Hyksos sovereign.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald Sayce

British Dictionary definitions for Hyksos

Hyksos

/ (ˈhɪksɒs) /

nounplural -sos

a member of a nomadic Asian people, probably Semites, who controlled Egypt from 1720 bc until 1560 bc

Origin of Hyksos

from Greek Huksōs name of ruling dynasty in Egypt, from Egyptian hq's'sw ruler of the lands of the nomads

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